Su Yuntao's Gift, the Lone Wolf Evolution Plan

After looking at the dark green liquid in the bottle, Azure Chi glanced at Duan Qingya once more before sliding into the Enhancement Potion.

Only after the Enhancement Potion had submerged most of Azure Chi's body did Duan Qingya turn his attention back to the things in the Pharmacy.

By the time Duan Qingya's shift ended, the Enhancement Potion in the bottle had turned pure white.

On his way back to school, Duan Qingya summoned Azure Chi, stroked the cold scales on Azure Chi's head, and asked softly:

"How was it, Azure Chi? How did this Enhancement Potion compare to the ones from our previous life?"

Azure Chi rubbed against Duan Qingya's palm, then raised its head to meet his eyes and answered happily:

"Hiss, hiss!"

"Oh? It was actually like the fruit juice you drank in your previous life? Looks like the medicinal herbs on the Douluo Continent really do have some subtle differences from those in our previous life."

When he had used his beast taming talent to analyze them earlier, Duan Qingya had already sensed that the medicinal herbs here were somewhat different. Now that Azure Chi said so too, he could be certain.

"But the Douluo World has one advantage. Aside from obtaining Soul Rings and Soul Bones from soul beasts, people here rarely take anything else from them. Even soul beast meat is harvested only from specific soul beasts."

"In our previous life, never mind the meat—if even a single hair on a soul beast went unused, people would criticize it as wasteful."

The next day, Duan Qingya headed straight to Spirit Hall after class to collect his soul master allowance.

"Kid, I was just about to go look for you at your school. Who would've thought I'd run into you here?"

Having just collected his allowance, Duan Qingya was about to hurry to work at the Pharmacy when he ran straight into a beaming Su Yuntao.

Duan Qingya was puzzled as to why Su Yuntao wanted to see him. After all, once the soul hunting assignment was completed, there was no longer any connection between them.

"I happened to have some free time today, so I thought I'd come collect my soul master allowance. Did you need something, Senior Su Yuntao?"

Rather than answering right away, Su Yuntao removed a pouch from his waist and tossed it to Duan Qingya.

Duan Qingya caught the pouch and opened it, his face full of confusion. It was filled with Gold Soul Coins—at least a hundred, by a conservative estimate.

"Senior Su Yuntao, what is this for?"

In response to Duan Qingya's question, Su Yuntao said proudly:

"Kid, I sold that snake gallbladder you gave me for a good price yesterday. Even after buying Sisi a necklace, I still had over two hundred Gold Soul Coins left."

"Since you deserve some credit for that money, I'm giving you half of what's left. Consider it some financial support!"

Recalling how Sisi had been so excited to see the necklace he gave her yesterday that she kissed him on the spot, Su Yuntao's smile grew even brighter.

Seeing that Su Yuntao was already lost in his memories, Duan Qingya secured the pouch, thanked him, and slipped away.

As soon as he reached the Pharmacy, Duan Qingya saw Ling Zhi locking the door.

"Boss Ling, are you going out to buy medicinal herbs today?"

"Oh, Qingya, you're here. I just heard that several soul master teams have returned with some fairly rare medicinal herbs."

"Whenever that happens, plenty of people come to sell their own Medicinal Herbs too, so I was going to see whether I could buy some that are usually hard to find."

Hearing Duan Qingya's voice, Ling Zhi immediately stopped what he was doing and turned to explain.

Rare Medicinal Herbs?!

The last time he had gone with Ling Zhi, he had seen a fire-attribute medicinal herb. He wondered what rare herbs he might see this time.

If the price is right, I can absolutely buy one to study!

"Century-Old Ginseng, going cheap! Only fifty Gold Soul Coins!"

"Crimson Fruit, excellent for stopping bleeding! One Gold Soul Coin each!"

Following behind Ling Zhi, Duan Qingya kept scanning the Medicinal Herbs for sale around them. Sure enough, there were many more herbs here that were normally hard to buy.

Their quality was a mixed bag, however. Even when he spotted something he wanted, Duan Qingya had no desire to buy it.

After walking a little farther, Duan Qingya and Ling Zhi finally reached the area selling rare Medicinal Herbs.

"Fresh Blue Wind Grass! Fifty Gold Soul Coins a plant! Only five left, so hurry if you want some!"

"Flame Spirit Fruit! One hundred and fifty Gold Soul Coins each!"

Just as Ling Zhi had said, there were two or three times as many soul master teams selling rare Medicinal Herbs here today as before.

"Qingya, let's meet back here later!"

"You can look around on your own and learn more about the Medicinal Herbs they're selling. If you come across any in the future, you can bring them back to sell too."

Ling Zhi had naturally noticed the curiosity in Duan Qingya's eyes. Besides, Duan Qingya was now a One-Ring Soul Master, so Ling Zhi felt comfortable letting him browse alone.

Finally free to act on his own, Duan Qingya headed straight for the stall selling Blue Wind Grass without another word.

"Boss, can you sell this Blue Wind Grass a little cheaper? How about twenty Gold Soul Coins a plant?"

Duan Qingya picked up a stalk of blue wind grass and began bargaining with the seller while his beast taming talent analyzed it.

Hearing Duan Qingya's offer, the seller laughed in exasperation.

"Why don't I just give it to you for free?"

"Sure! You're such a nice guy, boss!"

Having just finished his analysis, Duan Qingya took the Blue Wind Grass in his hand and stood up to leave.

"Wait, kid, you're actually taking me seriously?! Thirty Gold Soul Coins a plant. Take it or leave it!"

Afraid Duan Qingya really would take it away, the seller hurriedly lowered his price to coax him back.

After sitting here for so long, Duan Qingya was the only person who had come forward to buy anything. He couldn't let him leave.

"All right, then I'll leave it!"

Duan Qingya had already observed that no one nearby was interested in the Blue Wind Grass. Since the seller wanted to sell it, he could naturally push the price down further.

Seeing that Duan Qingya wanted to bargain him down even more, the seller fell silent. If Blue Wind Grass weren't mostly grown as an ornamental plant, he would never have accepted such a low price.

"Young man, twenty-five Gold Soul Coins a plant. I can't go any lower! Any lower and I won't even recover my costs!"

Seeing that Duan Qingya had already walked past three stalls, the seller finally lost his nerve, stood up, and called him back.

"Deal! Pack all of these up for me, boss!"

Seeing the seller gritting his teeth, Duan Qingya knew that if he pushed the price any lower, the man might simply refuse to sell. It was best to quit while he was ahead.

With the five stalks of Blue Wind Grass in hand, Duan Qingya began working out a Potion that would make the most of their effects.

While analyzing the medicinal properties of blue wind grass earlier, he had discovered that besides being rich in wind element energy, it also contained compounds that accelerated the circulation of soul power.

However, he already had a potion that sped up cultivation. What he wanted more was to test whether a beast martial soul could evolve under the catalytic effects of a potion, just like a tamed beast.

If Potions really could catalyze the evolution of beast martial souls, then whether Duan Qingya wanted to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or establish his own organization in the future, it would all be firmly in the palm of his hand.

"Senior Su Yuntao, looks like I'll have to trouble you again. Sorry about that!"

The wind attribute contained in Blue Wind Grass immediately reminded Duan Qingya of the evolution path he had once worked out for Su Yuntao's Lone Wolf Martial Soul.

It couldn't be helped—wolves and the Wind Element were simply too well suited to each other. In his previous life, Duan Qingya had read no fewer than a hundred plans pairing wolves with the wind attribute.

Still, Blue Wind Grass alone could, at most, give the lone wolf a wind attribute. To make its bloodline evolve, Duan Qingya still needed to prepare a catalyst ingredient.

That catalyst had to be tissue from a Wolf Soul Beast with a stronger bloodline than the lone wolf, preferably something like a heart or bone marrow.

"Gale Demon Wolf Pelts, going cheap! Three Gold Soul Coins each! Come take a look and buy one!"

Drawn by the sales pitch, Duan Qingya immediately turned to look. A soul master team was skinning wolves while selling their pelts.